Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the oldest in the world, and ...
Archaeology
Mar 18, 2019
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Tiny materials one hundred thousand times smaller than the width of a strand of hair could be used to improve solar cell technology.
Nanophysics
Mar 28, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a gold plated window as the transparent electrode for organic solar cells. Contrary to what one might expect, these electrodes have the potential to be relatively cheap ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 6, 2011
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(Phys.org) —Chemists, physicists and computer scientists at the University of Warwick have come together to devise a new powerful and very versatile way of controlling the speed and direction of motion of microscopic structures ...
Materials Science
Sep 10, 2013
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A state-of-the-art telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves - built and operated by an international research collaboration, led by the University of Warwick - has been officially launched.
Astronomy
Jul 4, 2017
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A new study from the University of Warwick demonstrates the impact of passing stars, misaligned binary stars and passing gas clouds on the formation of planets in early star systems.
Astronomy
Feb 3, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may sound improbable but plastic car parts could one day be joined together like Velcro, and peeled apart when it comes to recycling or disposal.
Engineering
Aug 20, 2008
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Research from the University of Warwick sheds new light on a key cause of cancer formation during cell division (or mitosis), and points towards potential solutions for preventing it from occurring.
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2022
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(Phys.org)—An international team led by researchers from the University of Warwick and Oxford University is now dealing with unexpected results of an experiment with strongly heated graphite (up to 17,000 degrees Kelvin). ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 28, 2012
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The smallest microplastics in our oceans – which go largely undetected and are potentially harmful – could be more effectively identified using an innovative and inexpensive new method, developed by researchers at the ...
Environment
Nov 23, 2017
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